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Yeah, buts that work. The whiskey and bullets are fun.
joined the forum as part of getting serious about preparing. Have a lot to do, but at least I'm started now.
One step at a time Tatersalad - one step at a time.
Yeah. Tater first, then salad, then tatersalad.
Welcome tatersalad! Better late than never!
This week I bought a Coleman Dual Burner Stove. It's awesome!!!
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...xL._AA400_.jpg
Hey! You been in my workshop???:)Quote:
Originally Posted by SurvivalSeedBnk
Stumbled on a Coleman 1400 watt car/home generator for under 150.00! At least I can keep my fridge running for a bit in a power outage. ;)
Bought a pressure canner to put up some of the garden produce. I know that freezing is much easier and you have to weigh in the cost of the flats, rings and jars but if the power goes out that may not seem so bad compared to losing the whole works. Have been buying jars at the yard sales and flea markets for some time now looking to make this change in our food processing. Always make sure the jar lips are smooth without chips and cracks. Still will be doing some freezing too. However, the idea of canned meat, fish and veggies in the larder is a good feeling.
Wife has been working at putting the plums up. She makes a killer plum jelly. Nothing better on hot biscuits with some butter. I lied . Alot of butter!!!!!!!
Wow, those Coleman two burner stoves are the same as when my Dad had one in 1965. Built like a tank and makes a tree stump into a kitchen. Good designs last.
:sneaky2: I had one of them in 1965.Quote:
Originally Posted by TomChemEngineer
I little bit different preparation this week-end. My wife and I attended a FamilyLife Marriage Getaway. It's called a Week-end to Remember. It gives you the chance to put aside life's distractions and focus on each other in a Christian setting.
Even after 36 years of marriage it's important to take the time to remind yourself of all the good things and reconfirm yourself as part of the team.
If you are newly married, I think it would be a GREAT retreat week-end with a lot of skills learning (negotiation, conflict management, how "they" think, etc.)
Not trying to make this a religious post but for many it is the most important planning you can do.
http://www.familylife.com/site/c.dnJ...conference.htm
So true. My dad had one when I was a kid and we used it all the way up into my 30's. It finally lost it's battle with age, but man, we used it all the time for years!Quote:
Originally Posted by Ken
I haven't used my new one yet (well, accept to play around with it a bit), but I have a feeling it's gonna outlast me!
Unless you let them rust to pieces that simply don't run out of life. Keep them dry and they will work, literally, forever.
A new sofa and chair. According to the wify, we should be comfy for the "big one".
I finally got around to getting another Stihl. I've been gearing up for bush construction with only a few small items and a small backhoe yet to get and then mount it all on one of my Coots.
Wife: "You're not buying that."
Me: "Oh, come on. We'll need something for bush construction."
Wife: "You're not buying that."
Me: "You just don't get it." (shaking head)
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Rick, I was thinking a towable backhoe like this one
http://www.drpower.com/twoStepInquir...rkw=dr+backhoe
Or a small tractor mounted one like the one I put on my Otter only this time attached to my Coot.
http://i540.photobucket.com/albums/g...o/scan0014.jpg
It needs to be small enough to be transported by boat or helicopter.
Haha, Rick, too funny. And completely accurate! Sometimes ya just have to go out and buy something and then "lose" the receipt!
Hmm, apparently nobody did anything this week to prepare? Not good. I picked cucumbers from my survival garden and pickled them with dill from my garden. Got a good 20 mason jars full of them.
I purchased some manually operated things in preparation for rising energy costs. Bycycles for wife and daughter and a large hand saw. I also purchased chimney pipe and fittings to install second wood stove in house.
Orderd a generator from Cabellas. 3500 watt delivered to my door for 316.00.
Bought Peterson's "Medicinal Plants and Herbs" book. I'm looking forward to getting out in the field with it.
Busted out the Alice pack, Going to get it packed soon.
Picked up 4 Kerosene lanterns at a yard sale. I guess you can never have enough of them.
I purchased another 14x30 stuff sack for my 3rd set of arctic gear. I still need a pair of rubberized, cleated mukluks to complete set. Spending time between downpours digging solar greenhouse. I pulled out fishing gear to stock up freezer this week, the first of 4 annual trips I make to put up food. I missed my first trip this year due to my Yukon River obligation.
Let us know how that generator works. Was thinking of getting a Troy Bilt one...Quote:
Originally Posted by huntermj
Curad's extreme hold are the ones that I have found to be the best. They are fabric and come in all the weird shapes that I need for my fingers,etc. They are about the only ones that will stay on my hands all day when I am working with my 20kv gloves. What did you use and what were your findings?Quote:
Originally Posted by sjj
well as for me I bought 25 pds of rice and put it in mylar bag inside 5 gal bucket also same for oats and potato flakes so i stored 75 pds of food now also dehydrated 3 large pkgs of strawberries and 2 cherries. i've gotta get it buried so it will be safe in the future.also bought a nice neck knife 50 more feet of paracord not bad for 1 week I'd say
Um...sjj....Eight? One on each finger? Had a couple get away didn't you. It happens. They're like socks. Hard to keep a set.
Finished rotating all of my gasoline.
I did some planting in my garden for Fall harvest: radishes, carrots, kale, and cauliflower. Fortunately, it stays warm enough here that I can plant in mid-summer and still get plenty of crop throughout September and sometimes even in to October.
Missing socks? My ex-father-in-law owned an appliance repair service for over 30 years. He was of the opinion that washing machines are responsible for almost all missing socks. A pretty good percentage of his washer repair calls were because a sock got jammed in the washer discharge pump. He figured that well over 99% actually made their way through those pumps, never to be worn again. :innocent:Quote:
Originally Posted by Rick
And here all this time we've been blaming the dryer.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ken
And I've been hanging on to the unmatched socks thinking the other will show up. Looks like it's time to hold a singles only dance.
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Originally Posted by Rick
I have not been to one of these types of retreats, but I've been to others. Weekends away, focusing on your marriage, is one of the best things you can do (IMHO). We also enjoy spending the weekend camping, just the two of us. 'nuff said.
Received a very good looking sheath for my SOG field pup. I hated the standard one that came with it.
http://wilderness-survival.net/forum...ad.php?t=12745
I live on the oregon coast. Lots of scare words around here about quakes and tsaunamis. My house has now become my haven because if the SHTF and we get a major quake, as some are predicting then there will be no where to go. Bridges down, no electric, no running water, obviously food stores closed. So I've started stocking up and plan to hunker down until things straighten out. Don't plan on having to ask the authorities for help. Certainly don't want them coming around and confiscating my weapons like New Orleans after Katrina. Canned food, dry food, stored H2O, candles, coleman fuel, some basic meds. Lots of sleeping bags and blankets. And food for the hounds. Someone posted about the use of charcoal, which I hadn't thought of. Good idea. If the quake doesn't rock my house of the foundation I can do this. Any ideas?
Ideas about what - using charcoal? Bugging in?Quote:
Originally Posted by lennyjonn
I did a lot of harvesting this week: currants, tomatoes, squash, & raspberries. As soon as I get back from taking the youngun' to college, I am going to store all these goodies (the ones that haven't already been prepared/eaten).
I guess I wasn't clear about my situation. I basically live on a large island. Can't drive more than a couple miles north, south, or east without coming upon a bridge. There is no west to escape, just ocean. Experts say the bridges will go down, so there is no Bugging Out. Don't know what that means anyway, Bugging Out from what??? Alien spacecraft?, nuclear war?, the end of society as we know it?, inflation, recession, unemployment, What?
Any thing I read suggests staying in place. Here I have shelter, food storage, and security. What I was asking in my post was what did I overlook in my survival thinking. Would like intelligent responses. Not sarcasm.
I don't think Crash was being sarcastic Lenny. Bugging in is simply staying at home instead of leaving(bugging out). Many of us here have planned to bug in rather than bug out. There are plenty of threads about it.
Tinned food, dehydrated food, dried food. Hygene items, water supply. There's lots of info about on the boards.